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Into the Mara
3 – 6 April 2023 The rains are starting in earnest now, but despite this we resolve to treat ourselves to one of Africa’s most iconic safari destinations: the Maasai Mara. We can’t wait. All stocked up, water tank full, off we set. Chris gives us directions for the best way out of Nairobi, walking…
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Nairobi
28 March to 2 April 2023 After a second night at Penguin House in Nanyuki we head on out – heading south now towards the capital. It is an easy drive and with long stretches of dual carriageway. Our destination for today is another overlanding stalwart: Jungle Junction or “JJ’s” as it is affectionately referred…
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Maritime & Museums: Adventures on the Road to Sibiloi
23 to 26 March 2023 Sibiloi is a national park on the eastern shores of Lake Turkana and lies north of Loiyangalani, just shy of the border with Ethiopia. It was founded as a wildlife conservation area yes, but also (and this is what it is best known for) to protect a number of important…
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North to Samburu & Lake Turkana
19 – 22 March 2023 The security situation in the northern parts of Kenya is volatile and ever changing. At best a bit tense, at worst just plain dangerous. Whilst tourists are unlikely to be targeted, it can sometimes be all too easy to get caught up in a skirmish. Just earlier in the month…
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Coming round the mountain
6 – 18 March 2023 Our destination for today is Lumo Conservancy, a community conservancy in Taita Taveta county, created in 2001 by the merger of 3 ranches: Luanlenyi, Mramba and Oza (hence “Lumo”). It sits in between Tsavo East and Tsavo west and forms part of an important wildlife corridor between the two parks. For…
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To the Coast
27 February to 6 March 2023 We leave Tsavo East at Sala gate, but not before stopping to pump up the tyres as it’s now tar all the way to Malindi. We get out the compressor and the Indeflate gauge (which allows you to do two tyres at once and balance the pressure exactly across…
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Tsavo West and Tsavo East
23 – 27 February 2023 In plotting the Kenya part of our trip I was struck by how many movie and literary references came to mind. Out of Africa, West with the Night, Born Free, The Constant Gardener, White Mischief, The Ghost and The Darkness, and many other documentaries and films about the man eating…
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Into Kenya at Last: Amboseli
20 – 22 February 2023 From Usa River we climb up steadily, hugging the eastern flanks of Mount Kilimanjaro. It is very green here despite the drought. The landscape is a mix of steep farmed terraces and patches of bananas, interspersed with tracts of remaining forest. We reach the Tarakea border, gather our papers and…
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On up through Tanzania: Lake Manyara and Arusha NP
14 – 19 February 2023 At Iringa the main road splits – the main TanZam highway heads off to the east towards Dar Es Salaam, and with it go many of the trucks. Heading straight north towards Dodoma sees lighter traffic (still many trucks though) and a good road. The earth gets redder and redder…
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Return to Ruaha
8 – 13 February 2023 Ruaha – wild and remote and at 20 000 square km is one of the large national parks in Africa, and part of an even bigger wilderness area when one adds in the neighbouring reserves of Rungwa and others. Less well known and less visited than those parks on the northern…
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